Lower Burrell crime rates

Lower Burrell is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (66%) and also has a lower crime rate than 63% of the communities in Pennsylvania, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Lower Burrell is one in 81 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 32.

Compared to other communities of similar population size, Lower Burrell has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Lower Burrell is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Lower Burrell does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Lower Burrell.

For Lower Burrell, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Lower Burrell than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1292, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis of property crime reveals that the property crime rate in Lower Burrell is below average to all cities and towns in the nation. This means that you are less likely to become a victim of arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, or burglary in Lower Burrell than in most communities in America. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 86.